African nations want to be treated as equals, the chairwoman of the Zambian Socialist party said
Africa doesn’t need to succumb to the “bad deals” offered it by Western nations, because it now has more choice geopolitically and wants to be treated with equal respect, Zambian Socialist party chairwoman Akende M’membe Chundama has said.
Speaking to RT on Monday, Chundama claimed the West “does not want a united Africa.”
The US “wants to dictate to us [Africans] who our friends should be, who Africa should cooperate with,” she explained, adding that Washington is “willing to topple governments, to assassinate our leaders for this.”
Africa now wants to be treated as equals at the table, and Russia and China offer that to Africa.
Chundama noted that Russia had come to help Zambia fight for its independence at a time when Zambia had “nothing” to offer Moscow.
Asked about the Western narrative of an African “debt-trap” with China, Chundama…